Sorry for opening this topic again. But I can't figure out how to check my Gmail account via the Xfce4-mailwatch-plugin. They all say it is supported, but I can't seem to chose Gmail. The only available options are:- IMAP- POP3- Maildir Spool- Mbox spool- MH Mail folder

No gmail... And if I search Google, there has to be a seperate choice for Gmail in there somewhere. Anyone found it?

I'm using the stock 5.8 Standard install with Xfce4-mailwatch-plugin 1.0.1

If you look at Features, there has to be another option especially for Gmail to I think.

pop3 is just a protocol for "talking" with an email server; it does not have to transfer anything. Thus, you can connect to a server, count the number of messages (i.e. new messages, read messages, etc..) and then disconnect from the server - this is all done automatically. HTH.

It is correct that Gmail is checked using the pop3 protocol, but it is done over a secure connection (TLS/SSL) If you are using the notifier released with the iso, you need to upgrade it from the repo to the latest one, which was built with support for such connections.

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I really understand it now, but I'm still doing something wrong I guess- Mail server: pop.gmail.com- With standard Pop3 port: 110 > no go After reading google manuels, they said put it to 995, I did > no goMy error log:- Connection reset by peer- Bad file descriptor

I have no option in the plugin to chose for 'secure connection', although 'unsecure connection' is grayed out. The newest plugin in the repo is perhaps in /testing ? The one I'm using is 1.0.1.